Software Engineer Intern

Engineering at Valon

Our engineering team is here to power the software ecosystem to disrupt one of the most outdated and regulated spaces in the financial sector - the mortgage industry. We’ve built out the foundation of a modern mortgage servicing platform that can accurately handle billions of dollars at scale, but we’re just getting started. At Valon, we want you to do the best work of your life.

You'll be surrounded by a tight-knit community of exceptional people from places like Stripe, Jane Street, Meta, and Google who care deeply about their work and each other. Our problem space is complex, but you’ll get a lot of autonomy so that you can learn quickly, execute effectively, and deliver the highest level of business impact. Our tech stack is built on Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

Our office locations are based in New York City and in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for learning new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them to challenging problems.
• Designing and building robust and extensible infrastructure to handle evolving and complex federal, state, and agency regulations.
• Dive deep to understand the inner workings of a highly complex industry.
• Work with Product and Design to define the best experience for our customers.

Ideal Background

• Currently in pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Exceptional programming and design skills.
• Ability to build quality software applications at scale, including ability to work cross-functionally to balance product and technical requirements, building scalable systems from scratch with a fast turnaround.
• Communicate effectively in a collaborative, complex, and highly technical team environment.
• Experience with one of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management.
• Deep curiosity and willingness to ask a lot of questions in order to learn quickly.
• Must have legal authority to work in the U.S. EEOE.

Compensation

Salary Expectations: The compensation for our interns is $60/hour USD + stipend.

Throughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com email addresses. We will never ask for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach.